Garment hanger



E.BEGY

GARMENT HANGER Filed April 19, 1926 yInvemor 14ttorney ing y the hanger.

l (Patented Dec,v 7 1925!-, y l' y Gaiam-Emi' 1,. l applicati@ ieiil anni ,i-e,

My present;inventionpertains `to garment hangers, and contempla-tes the provisionfof a garment hanger. designed more especially forl holding and hanging vtine dresses, and this in such a manner that'there is no' liability of ythe dress slipping from thek hanger, nor is there any liability or the dress changits position relative to the hanger with. the resultA that the dress is maintained in good condition so long as it is engaged with To theXattaiiiment ofthe foregoing, the Vinvention consists in the improvement` as hereinafter described and definitely claimed..

In the accompanying drawings, forming part ott this specification Figure 1 isa topplan View of the garment hanger constituting the .best practical eilibodiinent of my invention of which I am' cognizant, the shank of the suspending'hook being shown in section. H

Figure 2is a side elevation of thehanger.

Figure 3is an enlarged fragmentary sec` tion, illustrative of the central portion of the hanger. a .y Similar ,numerals of reference designate vcorresponding parts in allot1 the views of the drawings.

Y Among other elements mynovel hanger f comprises a curvilinear body bai" l, pref- Yerably, though not necessarily, ofxwood.

At 'opposite sides of its transverse medianline Ythe body bar k1 is provided with apertures p 2, Figuresl and 3, and extending through the `center of ,the said body bar 1 isv the shank 3 of a suspending hook 4, thejsaid shank 3 being enlarged at its lower end as: designated vbyr sothat the bodybar lis adequately supported on the saidshank.

rEhe said apertures 2 in thebody bar l contain pins 6, Figures 2 and 3, and -the said Vpins 6 aredesigned to serve for the connection in pivotalinannerof the clamping arms 7 of the improvement. Each of the, said clamping arms 7 is preferablyformed ofappropriate wire and is curved as shown ,A and is equipped'at its outer .end withV an appropriate pad 8, ythe said Apad 8 being de.- signed to enable the arm to-securelyclamp a dress on the body bar 1 and lthis without liability of the dress beingjdiscolored-or' injured or distorted'.V AEachof the said, clamp arms -7V isv provided at its I:inner end VwithV a pendent loop-shapedy portion'S) whichisdisposedV in one aperture 2 and `stladdles',

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onepiii 6, -andthefsaid loop 9 is ymerged into Van upstaiiding loopV 10 which constitut-es ay-convenient handle-"for .moving the pad endvoi the clamp varm away rointhe body bar 1, and the said upstanding loop 5,0

10, in turn, ismerged into a downwardly .Y extending terminal portion 1l, disposed and movable in theaperture'2. The lowerends of the terminal portions 11l are disposed below the body bar 1 and are connected 05 through the .medium vof a Vretractile spring the ends 13 of the said spring being appropriately connected to the ends ofthe pendent portions 11, and the saidspring havingfor its function to yieldingly'main v7.0 vtain thepad ends 8 of the arms 7 against the upper side of fthe body 1 so thatV the said Varms 7 will serve efficiently. inV positively holding adress 'on thekr body bar 1 `and against casual movement'on or displace. 75

ment from'fthe'said body bar 1.

` -The upstanding loops 10 are arranged suf-v ficiently' close together to enable an operative with onehand to take hold of said portions 10 and by moving thesame toward 80 each other raise the pad ends ofthe arms 'T Vfrom, the body bar 1, and when this is done adress may be manifestly'positioned onV the body bar 1 quickly and easily,fand when theupstanding portions 10 are released, the S5 pad ends of the arms 7 willobviously clamp the dress-on thebody bar l so thatthe dress will be secured Von'the hanger in neat lfashion rand ywithout liability of the dress` shifting? on theLlianger :and also without J0 vliabilityo the `dress being casually released from 'the hanger. .y

Notwithstanding the capacity of `functionV ascribed to `my Vimproved garmentV hanger, i

it will be appreciatedthat the hanger islff simple and inexpensive in construction and' Y yis' quite as durable asordinaryihangers .such

as at presentare ingeneralv use .It will also be .appreciated that my novel hanger isf lsusceptibleof ready adjustment for the plac- W0 ing oa dress on the hanger. aiidfalso for Vthe removal'of a. dressV rom'the hanger and this withoutgliabilityof injuryto the dress. 'r'

' Ilhavespecificallyl described the preferred embodiment Vof' vmy invention which has 'been A105' successfullyused in actual practicef I' do.V

not desire, however, to be'. --understood asl 'limitingv myself to they Vprecise construction and relative arrangement of elements-1 as 'il Iustlated slid, described, :myinyentioiibeng11G l i ddenedby my appended claim Within the scope' ofyvhich` modifications mayy be vinade WithoutL departure'from my invention., l

Having described my invention;` WhatlI Y '-claim and desire to secure by Letters Patp ent, is Y A ,frarment hanger comprising a curvilinear body bar y With spaced apertures at 'op-y posite sides of' the transversemedian line thereof; central means for suspending said body bar, pins carried by the'body bar and extendingacross said apertures, clamping.

arms arranged above the body bar and 'havloopsinto which said pendent loops are mergedand further having` terminalpor- 'inglat their inner ends pendentloops stradi l y idling said pins and alsolhaving upstanding 1-5 tions dependingfrom the upstanding loops Y' and extending through the apertures in the body bar to points below said bar., and a lengt tudinally disposed retractile spring disposed below the -body bar and interposed between and connected to the said terminal portions. In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature. i Y Y v `l ELFRED BEGY. 

